The PLA’s bots have intensified their smear campaigns against inconvenient truths about China on US social media. I will post the screenshots of a few new ‘followers’ below: #China #Bot @TwitterSafety @Twitter #ChinaExposed 1/6
These bots follow Twitter profiles that spread truth about Xi’s China in an effort to attack postings they find to be offensive. They share similar characteristics with: 1. Number and similarity of their followers 2. They aren’t followed by anyone you follow 2/6
3. They typically use pseudonyms 4. Mostly (but not exclusively) joined Twitter in the past two years 5. They use American flags and political phrases in their profiles in a feeble attempt to mask their identity, location, and nationality 3/6
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Here’s how the bots alert others to pile on. 5/6
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